3:35 AM,
May 11, 2014

The Marion Plaza shopping center is one of the recent annexations in by the city of Marion. It was annexed in 2010.

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The city of Marion is looking to annex a quarry into the city, but annexations over the last 20 years have not been for just business and industry. Quarry Park, the YMCA, the correctional facilities and several housing developments have all joined the city in the last two decades.Major growth in the late 1990s

Between October 1996 and August 1997, the city added about 1,700 acres through annexation.

In 1996 the city annexed 1,275 acres on Marion-Williamsport Road for the prisons. ...